CALIPH

caliph. Caliph, n. the high or chief priest of the Saracens

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Ca″liph (kā″lĭf), n. [[OE. caliphe, califfe, F. calife (cf. Sp. califa), fr. Ar. khalīfan successor, fr. khalafa to succed.]] Successor or vicar; — a title of the successors of Mohammed both as temporal and spiritual rulers, now used by the sultans of Turkey. [Written also calif.]